Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

[The witch] would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards.

When everybody thinks about a sinkhole, people think of a home crashing into a hole. That's not what we're finding. We're finding it's cracks in driveways, cracks in the walls, settling on the roof and those are being paid as sinkhole claims.

Reese Witherspoon

When he had a scene, we would stand like a set away and watch, and we were just cracking up. He would just sit funny. And stand funny. He was just so funny in everything he did.

The crack spread of gasoline has collapsed, and only an escalation of Iranian tensions could buttress crude at this level.

Edmund Hillary

I don't regard myself as a cracking good climber. I'm just strong in the back. I have a lot of enthusiasm, and I'm good on ice.

Rahul Dravid

There are some cracks on it but otherwise it looks a good track.

where the population was predominantly white, where FEMA got cracking in a hurry.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Some feel as though the world is their oyster; others feel as though they were the oyster itself, plucked from the ocean, cracked open, and robbed of all that is precious to them.

Brian Billick

When you're 0-2, your whole world has to be about getting that first win and stopping that slide. A two-game losing streak to start the season, it can't get to that third game. That's a tough nut to crack if it does.

William Shakespeare

I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.

Alexa Vega

People are expecting me to still be fourteen years old. It cracks me up, especially when people see me walk by with my husband. They're like, 'What? You're married? You're not old enough to be married.' Thank you. I'm glad that you think that.

Natsuo Kirino

A crime is like a crack in reality, and it is the author's role to explore those cracks. As a writer, I like to see how they impinge on people.

We respect them as an opposition and they are going to have a real crack and so we need to as well.

Many local officials have punted, saying this is a federal issue and we can't do anything about it. Well, there are some things you can do, ... Crack down on those contractors, crack down on illegal housing and create a better relationship with immigration officials.

She went into the ditch to keep from hitting people, ... She's got a cracked vertebrae, but she's going to be fine. She's just a little skinned up.

Alex Gonzalez

When the sheriff came, that's when you really started noticing more of a difference. Ever since they started cracking down on everything, things got better.

like crack cocaine to the state of West Virginia right now.

Jack Straw

Let no one be in any doubt that this is a profoundly evil trade whose perpetrators have no regard for human life, ... We have been determined to crack down on this trade.

Ronnie Brown

Ricky is pretty laid back, but he cracks jokes and stuff when we're in meetings,

Mike Young

Political honeymoons have a way of ending with a vengeance. This poll reflects that. You don't expect Republicans to be skeptical of one of their own. They like his persona, but the poll shows cracks in the armor.

One of the most extraordinary things about technology stocks is that they're the first ones to crack under any pressure in the marketplace. Investors wax from enthusiasm to extreme distress very quickly with that group more than any other.

We've repaired the cracks and they keep cracking.

Denise Richards

I am surprised. It's so new and there are so many cracks already on the floor.

John Chapman

Certainly, the cracks we found are interesting. We're still in the process of understanding what that means.

Abraham Lincoln

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh - anything but work.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

Now, Spitzer was an anti-crime crusader cracking down on prostitution and Wall Street corruption. So some people were looking to take him down.

Lindsay Whalen

Obviously it won't be healed before the end of the finals, but it's one of those situations where the swelling, if it can go down, and it's not in the worst possible spot ... Obviously it cracked in the first half (Saturday) and I played the second half, so it wasn't like I was incapable to run, ... Obviously there's swelling and there's some stiffness in there, so right now running I wouldn't be able to do. But you never know over the next few days how things work. We'll just wait and see what happens.

Obviously, Kerry has all but said he wants another crack at the thing. He's going to make a second try.

Sarah MacLean

No doubt, much of the joy of a great romance is the moment when these stoic heroes crack open and reveal themselves to their heroines - the only women strong enough to match them.

I don't understand the plan to crack heads and move people out. We need to have more beds, period.

I feel like we're reaching the kids that fall between the cracks because of funding,

Ned Yost

One run there is a huge run, ... You give up five, but you still have 27 cracks at a young kid.

Imelda May

I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.